A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments Now Entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights' and a Night. With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men. ...17 Volumes. Collector's Edition.

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press (1994). Roy. 8vo. Orig. leather with intricate gilt design. Spine with raised bands gilt and titling labels. A.e.g. With silk endpapers b/w frontisps. with tissue guards title-page vign. and b/w illusts. Cream ribbon marker. Light foxing on front endpaper in Volume 1 and edge of frontisp. in Volume 5 and 16 otherwise a fine handsome set. NOTE: A collection of South Asian and Middle Eastern stories as well as folk tales from the Islamic Golden Age. This translation by Richard F. Burton is the only complete English translation of this classic text.